Dutton

Martin Yates and the RSNO seem understandably swept away with the gripping music, and excellent sound helps makes this very much one of the most impressive Dutton discs to have come my way — Gramophone Magazine, April 2010 More…

Yates and the RSNO are admirably chipper exponents…Yates’s idiomatic orchestration of the composer’s handwritten piano score [for The Blue Bird] falls most agreeably on the ear…In summary, a... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2019 More…

Brabbins and his Scottish forces pounce on every glinting detail and quirk…Roderick Williams squeezes every lyrical drop from the sometimes arid vocal line, though it's the orchestral details... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Scott revival marches on! The Sonata lirica (1937) was lost for years and this seems to be its first performance. Hearing it without knowing the composer, one might have guessed Delius.... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Baritone Jeremy Huw Williams is his usual reliable self in the Diptych, and everything is expertly paced and balanced, crisply played and brightly recorded. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

...there is an inner logic to the writing, which Chase's performance effectively brings out — Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 More…

To be able to get along with Havergal Brian's exasperating talent, you need above-average reserves of patience...Ceaselessly up-for-it RSNO playing and Brabbins's firm direction together make... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Always a spirited champion of British repertoire, Raphael Wallfisch gives the piece his considerable all, with Martin Yates and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra sweeping happily alongside...Wallfisch's... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…